Bittersweet
October 17, 2007
After 13 years of non-stop diaper changing, my baby is now wearing undie-wayahs.
Posted by Chris @ 3:59 pm
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aaaahhhhhh. awesome!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:02 pmHow sad and yet how wonderful!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:02 pmMy baby turned 3 in September and wants nothing to do with the undie-wayahs. I gotta get a handle on this.
October 17th, 2007 at 4:05 pmFREEDOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! :0) Definitely bittersweet, though. I hope I’m saying the same thing soon. My 2-year-old needs to start wearing undie-wayahs soon.
October 17th, 2007 at 4:19 pmMy baby wants the undie-wayahs, he just doesn’t want to use the potty. Sigh.
October 17th, 2007 at 4:20 pmLucky you! No more diapers!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:21 pmI remember it was startling to see how small their bottoms really are once they stop wearing the big padded diapers. That is a sweet photo!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:27 pmVery bittersweet! Check out “Let Me Hold You Longer” by Karen Kingsbury. It’s a children’s book sure to make a tear or two come to your eye. All about a child’s “lasts”.
October 17th, 2007 at 4:30 pmSo … time to have another then, eh?
October 17th, 2007 at 4:36 pmI am there too. All 4 of my kids are now potty trained and I am sort of sad about it.
October 17th, 2007 at 4:37 pmSO sweet! I’m jealous, I’m still working on my Baby and he’s turning three in two weeks. UGH.
October 17th, 2007 at 4:52 pmAwww. So cute!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:54 pmCutest picture I’ve ever seen!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:58 pmThat picture is adorable!!! And what a cutie!! They grow up fast, don’t they?
October 17th, 2007 at 5:11 pmAwww. Undie-wayahs. That is bittersweet. And look, he has his trusty baseball and bat.
October 17th, 2007 at 5:16 pmcute butt!
October 17th, 2007 at 5:19 pmWhat a cute little tushie!
October 17th, 2007 at 5:20 pmHehe, I’m just imagining how funny it would be if grown up baseball players played in their undie-wayahs.
October 17th, 2007 at 5:24 pmWhat an adorable little tushie! LOVE the boxer briefs - and apparently they flatter the little guys too. How cute!
October 17th, 2007 at 5:27 pmWe spend all these past years praying for the day when we don’t have to change a diaper anymore. That day finally gets here, and it is somewhat sad. At least for me it was. Here’s to you having a few months of having “Somebody pull up my pants!” (Can you tell I am praying for the day mine can pull up his own pants?)
October 17th, 2007 at 5:32 pmAhhh those are such cute undie-wayahs. I’m sure you won’t miss it, right? Now the end of terms like undie-wayahs will be so sad.
October 17th, 2007 at 5:37 pmHow cute. My eldest has the same underwear, and he refuses to wear any others. I have to wash the “ball underwear” every other day. His little brother wants to potty train, and I am the one not ready for it. Mine have such skinny little tooshies that it is hard to find pants that stay up once they are out of cloth diapers!
Been reading your blog for a long time and finally came out of lurkdom to start posting a bit. Keep up the funny and real posts.
October 17th, 2007 at 5:40 pmthat is one of the cutest things i have ever seen!!!
October 17th, 2007 at 5:56 pmThat photo is the cutest damn thing I’ve seen all day. All week perhaps. Makes me want to start procreating this exact instant!
October 17th, 2007 at 6:11 pmTHAT? Is just too darned cute for words.
And yay for you and the end of the diaper changes!
October 17th, 2007 at 6:19 pmTime to celebrate that cute little butt!
October 17th, 2007 at 6:19 pmBravo, those 13 years deserves a round of applause!
October 17th, 2007 at 6:24 pmThat is pretty much the cutest picture ever.
October 17th, 2007 at 6:24 pmWhat cute little buns! and CONGRATULATIONS on no more diapers.
October 17th, 2007 at 6:25 pmaaaw. and i thought my 9 yrs was bad. cute picture!
October 17th, 2007 at 6:35 pmI had no idea they make boxer briefs in tiny sizes. Must go looking for those. Hopefully my son will want to go on the potty soon.
October 17th, 2007 at 6:56 pmThat calls for a Margarita! Hip Hip Hooray! NO MORE DIAPERS!
October 17th, 2007 at 7:03 pmWOW! Thats so cute
I can’t imagine changing diapers for 13 years!
October 17th, 2007 at 7:12 pmYou will remember the day you first left the house without the diaper bag for a long, long time!
October 17th, 2007 at 7:15 pmFree at last, free at last, thank god almighty, you are free at last! Jump up and down with joy. By the way - that picture is to die for adorable.
October 17th, 2007 at 7:44 pmThat is bittersweet! But how cute is a baby’s bottom in their undies? Adorable.
October 17th, 2007 at 8:00 pmI am so jealous!!! I just gave up trying to potty train my 3 year old yesterday. If he wants it, he’ll have to do it. I’m tired of caring more than he does.
Beautiful picture. I wonder if it would inspire a certain stubborn 3 year old?
October 17th, 2007 at 8:01 pmthose are the damn cutest pair of boxer briefed buns i ever did see.
October 17th, 2007 at 8:04 pmthat is one cute picture!
October 17th, 2007 at 8:34 pmThere is nothing cuter than a little boy butt in some boxer briefs!!! (in a totally not weird way of course).
October 17th, 2007 at 8:52 pmWe’ve been done here for 3 years. 3 of 3 boy just turned six so I’ve said goodbye to all the big milestones.
Welcome to financial freedom! Well, at least until they need braces and oh yeah, go off to college.
There might not be anything cuter in the entire world than a tiny little pair of boxer brief undie-wayahs.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:19 pmI love the photo. I’ve still got one and half to go. (The half wears undies until it’s time to poop. Then he wants a diaper - except for yesterday when he pooped by a tree during soccer practice.)
October 17th, 2007 at 9:25 pmMy grandson was three in August, he once was potty trained. But then he lost interest and is too lazy. BUT He insists on wearing “undie-wayahs” OVER his diaper. I told his mom if she wants him potty trained it should be either- or, but not both. I think she just doesn’t want the battle.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:28 pmHow did you potty train him, that he would need a helmet?
I can mail you a few of my current, ripe diapers if you need a walk down memory lane.
October 17th, 2007 at 10:59 pmIn home child care. I’m closing in on 18 years of diapers and still loving every minute. I do understand the heartache that goes with seeing your baby grow up, though. My “baby” started High School this year.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:15 pmI love a baby boy in little boxers. So, so cute.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:54 pmI am very unsuccessfully potty training our triplets at the moment. In the past week, they have managed to poop everywhere EXCEPT the potty. I’d be dancing in the streets if just one of them could don underwear for a full day. Maybe when our fourth child - also in diapers - is nappy free - I will share in your sorrow. Right now, I’m green with envy.
October 18th, 2007 at 12:25 amChris what a great wonderful amazing feeling don’t you agree??!! after only four children I was thrilled to say no more diapers!!!!!
and the photo??
October 18th, 2007 at 1:16 amonce again you captured it like no other. I thought for certain the caption would be along the lines of another season begins…( or lets go red sox! sorry you yankee fans!) and I began to think is there a winter league and please do not tell my boys if there is!
i had kids in diapers for 12 years… i was so happy to say goodbye to diapers i had a no more diapers party!!!
October 18th, 2007 at 1:27 amLOVE this picture! Congrats on being done with diapers - what a wonderful wonderful day.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:42 amthat is the best photo!! he’s so tiny and the helmet is so huge!!
October 18th, 2007 at 3:28 amhe’s very cute. and yay for you that he’s out of diapers!
Congratulations! (and jealousy - they claim girls are easier, but mine will be 3 in two weeks and still isn’t interested)
October 18th, 2007 at 5:38 amIs he using the potty? Did he ask to? Did you use the method you described on your other blog?
AHHHH! I want mine to be wearing the underwears too but he does not seem ready. And I am too scared to go at if he’s not compliant.
October 18th, 2007 at 6:15 amI love it! That little tush is too cute! Boxer briefs are my favourite undie-wayahs on little boys. My 2 1/2 yr old baby is wanting to sit on the potty now- all she does is grunt and say “all done”, but it’s a start. I found the baby panties for her and my 5 yr old son is really pushing for me to put her in them, lol. This from the boy who would hold it until he was ready to explode, he hated the potty that much. It’s been 9 years in diapers for me so far- it’s almost weird to think it might be over soon.
October 18th, 2007 at 6:59 amLook at that big little guy!!!!
October 18th, 2007 at 7:02 amWell you could just remedy that. Go on, have another!
The pot says to the kettle.
October 18th, 2007 at 8:10 amGreat picture Chris !!
October 18th, 2007 at 8:18 amThat’s the shortest 13-year-old I’ve ever seen. Is that why it took so long? Just kidding! OK - maybe not funny… It’s a wonderful picture!
October 18th, 2007 at 8:53 amTime for another one!
October 18th, 2007 at 8:59 amCutest picture ever. Whatever will you do with all the free time???
October 18th, 2007 at 9:03 amThat is one of the sweetest and best pictures I’ve seen in a long time. Woohoo! Go get a manicure and pamper yourself, you deserve it.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:41 amomgoodness! that is the cutest little undie-wayahs bum! how sweet…and bittersweet. i agree…after 13 years of diapers (and pt’ing 6 boys, no doubt!), treat yourself to something nice, mama!
October 18th, 2007 at 9:52 amAwwww, I love little boy boxer briefs!!
October 18th, 2007 at 9:58 amOMG - that is so freaking cute! Congrats!
October 18th, 2007 at 10:10 amThat’s probably the cutest pair of undie-wayahs I have ever seen.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:15 am[...] various side conversations about the crazy that is Freecycle and how Chris is FINALLY finished potty training and how Our People say hello with a boob grab) at the SAME TIME that I was writing posts about bad [...]
October 18th, 2007 at 10:16 amYay for you!! SO when is the next one due?
October 18th, 2007 at 10:24 amCongratulations! And so cute.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:45 amIs he greeting the neighbors in that outfit? ; )
Those are the cutest little boxers I have EVER seen! What a gorgeous baby.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:58 amThat could so totally be my youngest in that photo. Nearly naked, yet ready to get in the game.
Enjoy your new diaperless life!
October 18th, 2007 at 11:13 amYAY!!!!! Who wouldn’t rejoice about that??? And little boxer briefs to boot!
October 18th, 2007 at 11:47 amWhat a cute little behind!
October 18th, 2007 at 12:11 pmThat is just too cute! My 3 year old has those same undies! We’re still in pull-ups at night as he’s quite a stubborn kiddo and can’t seem to go more than 2-3 days in a row with a dry pull-up. My 6 year old was PT’d night and day within 30 days of his 3rd birthday… the younger is 2 months shy of turning four…
October 18th, 2007 at 12:49 pmSo cute - with the helmet and tiny butt, he looks like a lollypop.
As for the freedom comments, I beg to differ. Now begins the scenic tour of every public restroom from here to California. Repeat after me in a panicked voice - “Don’t Touch that!”.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:54 pmSo, so cute!
October 18th, 2007 at 2:21 pmAwww. Congratulations.
Question: After it was completed did you run through the house saying “I’m free! I’m free!”? Because that’s what I would do.
October 18th, 2007 at 2:45 pmMy little guy is about the same age as your little guy and just this week said bye bye to diapers too, he’ll be happy to see another big boy
October 18th, 2007 at 3:02 pmI admit, I get a feeling of such glee when I see my son’s “Hanes” waistband sticking out of the top of his jeans!
October 18th, 2007 at 3:09 pmBittersweet - true, but what a milestone! It is sorta like school kids out for summer, knowing they will be thrilled to go back in the fall. But all moms know changing dirty diapers is not the BEST part of being a mom. It’s that cute little tushie AND being able to tease him with that picture when he turns 9!
October 18th, 2007 at 4:27 pmThere is nothing sweeter than little baby buns!
October 18th, 2007 at 4:54 pmI didn’t know they made little boxer briefs for babies, they too adorable!
October 18th, 2007 at 6:59 pmOOOOOOoooo, a delicous ‘da-hind’ to pinch. Great pic.
October 18th, 2007 at 8:02 pmOMG has it been that long????? I remember him as a wee little baby!
October 18th, 2007 at 9:29 pmUh-oh, and he’s already ready for baseball, too? They grow way too fast!
October 18th, 2007 at 10:27 pmI have never seen a cuter picture anywhere. That is just adorable!
October 19th, 2007 at 2:17 amJust want to pinch that little behind! Too cute in his undie-wayahs!
October 19th, 2007 at 2:32 pmDARLING!!! Absolutely darling!
October 19th, 2007 at 3:40 pmI’m so sad. I cannot see the picture everyone is talking about. I don’t think it’s my browser because I can see all the other pictures you’ve posted over the past few days. Humpf.
I’d love to see too because my oldest just potty-trained recently and we’ve had some very cute undie/naked moments.
October 20th, 2007 at 10:27 amI have one about the same age as Miles (will be 3 in Dec.) and he likes his pull-ups a little too much. I started putting on his little brother and he had a fit that “Willup has Naniel wull-up on”. He looks at thed toilet announces that he is done and runs through the house naked from the waist down. Guess it is a good thing that he has 6 brothers and no sisters.
October 21st, 2007 at 4:57 pmO.K. THAT is the cutest little butt I have ever seen. Of course, the oversized helmet makes it ever cuter.
I just realized… I have watched him grow up.
Now, I’m a little sad.
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:00 pm